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- About Me
- I graduated from Harrow College (University of Westminster) with a degree in Illustration in 1992. After discovering the hidden world of small press comics, I took the plunge with my own comics in 1999, creating various titles such as "Great!", "Little Box of Comics" and "Stupidmonsters".
In 2002 I acquired the position of in-house illustrator at Eaglemoss Publications, where I worked for five years on magazines such as Horrible Histories, Horrible Science and The Magical World Of Roald Dahl.
In 2004 my strip "Derek The Sheep" started appearing regularly in the Beano. Derek is the Beano's first creator-owned property. In 2008 a collection of early Derek the Sheep stories was published by Bloomsbury and in France as "Norbert Le mouton", by L'edition de L'an 2.
2008 - 2009 saw my new comic strip "Little Cutie" appear in the groundbreaking weekly children's comic The DFC.
2008 Drew the comic strip "Pinky's Crackpot Circus" for DC Thomson's The Dandy.
2008 also saw my debut as historical writer(!) and cartoonist for National Geographic Kids, with the two page monthly strip "World's Greatest Heroes".
My first dip into education publishing appeared in June 2009 with the publication of "Henry VIII Has To Choose", for Franklin Watts, written by Julia Jarman and illustrated by me!
- What are you working on at the moment?
- - Writing and drawing Derek the Sheep for DC Thomson's The Beano
- Writing and drawing The World's Greatest Heroes for National Geographic Kids
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Illustration: Michael Foreman's War Boy Exhibition
November 10, 2009 to December 23, 2009 – National Army Museum, Chelsea
Exploring some of the complex themes of the World Wars and the civilian connection with the British Army, War Boy is a unique opportunity to see original artwork by leading children's illustrator Mic…
Organized by National Army Museum | Type: exhibition
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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition is open to YA
January 25, 2010 to February 7, 2010 – International
YA is a new category. and previously self published novels are accepted. Read about it here. Submissions are accepted between 25 Jan 2010 and 7 Feb 2010
Organized by amazon in the United States | Type: competition
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FEDERATION OF CHLDREN'S BOOKGROUPS CONFERENCE
April 9, 2010 at 4pm to April 11, 2010 at 4pm – Bradfield College - Reading
READ IT AGAIN!! Conference 2010 The Conference will be opened by Anthony Horowitz, celebrating 10 years of Alex Rider and will be closed by William Nicholson. In between we will be delighted and ente…
Organized by Jackie Marchant | Type: conference
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Festival of Writing, York
April 10, 2010 to April 11, 2010 – York
http://www.festivalofwriting.com/index.shtml Good line up and worth going if anyone is in the area - workshops, one-to-ones, agents, publishers, authors. They're taking bookings from tomorrow - firs…
Organized by The Writer's Workshop | Type: writing, festival
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London Book Fair 2010
April 19, 2010 to April 21, 2010 – Earl's Court, London
The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring in the wo…
Organized by London Book Fair | Type: book fair
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Children's Writers Conference in Italy
June 18, 2010 to June 21, 2010 – Duino, Italy
Do you have an interest in writing for children or young adults? Whether published or unpublished, you are very welcome to join us at an exciting new Conference. The Children’s Writers’ Conference w…
Organized by Ruth Eastham ruth_eastham@yahoo.com | Type: conference
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